The Black Hand Summary

The non-fiction novel The Black Hand by Chris Blatchford is written very poorly. To put it bluntly, this book has the entertainment value equivalent to that of an episode of Two and a Half Men. The Black Hand is extraneous, redundant, and over-all plain boring. If you're interested in reading about something that will keep you on the edge of your seat, filled with the deception, drug use and murder, in the Mexican mob; read the Wikipedia article and spare yourself the pain of reading this book.

Chapter seven of Policy Paradox by Deborah Stone is about symbols in politics. The main components of this chapter include a description of what symbols are, symbolic devices, and ambiguity. Chapter two of The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is about how the War on Drugs and how the War on Drugs has no limit. The main components of the chapter include how the police have little constraints when it comes to the War on Drugs, being labeled, and how people cannot defend themselves from the War on Drugs. Both chapters include the main theme of symbolism in the justice system.

Harris, Leslie M. In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863.

These files contained documented cases where marijuana “allegedly” caused extreme harm. One case stating, “A young boy who had become addicted to smoking marijuana cigarettes killed his father, mother, two brothers and a sister, wiping out the entire family except himself” (Reefermadnessmuseum.org, 2013), Among other cases stating that “The Assassin of Youth," and claiming that its use was turning normally sane young men into hideous criminal beasts, sex fiends; the worst kind of cold blooded murderers etc”(Reefermadnessmuseum.org, 2013). He was successful in his efforts, and the problem he created soon garnished national attention. Harry Anslinger did not accomplish this all on his own he had a significant amount of help from William Randolf Hearst, owner of a newspaper chain. Hearst had lots of reasons to help.

Slavery by Another Name gives readers an interesting and eye opening look into the past of the re-enslavement of Black Americans. The author, Douglas Blackmon, presents a compelling and effective presentation and argument; which adds on to my previous knowledge of this familiar and personal topic, that slavery did not necessarily end with the Emancipation Proclamation. He argues that from the Civil War to World War II Black Americans were re-enslaved through hard labor. He uses various examples of real life experiences from descendants of the re-enslaved Black Americans and documents to support his presentation which gives the reader a better view as to what those times were like. Blackmon researched all the facts and information for this book himself being certain not to alter any quotations from individuals to keep everything true. Although Blackmon uses many stories in his book he chose to focus this narrative on one forgotten black man and his family, Green Cottenham. Blackmon states in his introduction, “The absence of his voice rest at the center of this book” (pg 10).

Empty Hands is the memoir of Sister Abegail Ntleko, and it is a great story of how hard work and determination can help anyone make their dreams come true no matter the difficulty.

Slavery has ended over hundreds of years ago, the oppression that followed the black people by those that are not of color has not stopped since. The main point of the “Drug War nightmare” was basic. The author, Michelle Alexander, showed through many points throughout the article that back people still face racism and the prison system is a way of enforcing a new Jim Crow system upon them. The way she conveyed these points was what was interesting borderline exquisite. She strongly used ethos, pathos, and even used statistical references, all of these are tools to appeal to her audiences’ better sides.

Alexander claims that the sole reason that the war on drugs was started was to maintain the racist nature that faces America. Alexander realizes that even though the Jim Crow Laws were eradicated, we have just reshaped the ways in which we decide to ruin lives. As the old adage says, “The more things change, the more they remain the same”. I think to a certain point Americans need to have reassurance that things really are changing and here’s where Jim Crow ends, but in the background the powerful people in this country had to come up with a new plan to feed their racist nature. One politician after another want to show how tough they can be on drugs. Each wanting to be stronger than the other. They didn’t care who they were hurting on the bottom, as long as they looked extra tough.

The book traces the devastating effect that the drug war has had on minority Communities, classed as ghettos where predominantly black or brown people reside. This group of people have suffered from years of harassment and biased law enforcement. Frankly the War on Drugs is a racist cause, an excuse to discriminate against African American communities in order to achieve

This is written as if not a call to action, then a call to galvanize. The purposes of this report is to enable readers to through empirical and contextual description see the war on drugs for what is really is: a public relations ploy whose end results are not fighting drugs, but

MS Office Integration simplifies the sharing of information. Working in a medical office is a prime example of how information is shared. We have doctors, nurses, EMT’s, office personnel and patients all sharing the same network.

In The Hand, by Colette, readers see into the mind of a newly married wife as she watches her husband rest. Readers see the young woman’s fascination with her husband and how she admires his appearance, until she reaches his hands. Once the wife begins studying the features of the hand, readers begin to see her sentiments change to disgust. Coincidentally, the hand seems to come to life in that moment of observation. Consequently, the young woman becomes frightened be the grotesque appearance of the hand as it moves in the man’s sleep. In the morning, the wife bends to kiss the very hand, she finds intolerable. The kiss she places upon the man’s hand symbolizes their marital relationship in more ways than one. The kiss symbolizes the

Ursula K Le Guin once stated that “I am a man. Now you may think I’ve made some kind of silly mistake about gender, or maybe that I’m trying to fool you, because my first name ends in a, and I own three bras, and I’ve been pregnant five times, and other things like that that you might have noticed, little details” (The Wave In the Mind pg 3) discloses that no matter what “role” is placed on a gender, it is paramount to preserve equality and acceptance. In most cases, the male gender is considered to be the more dominant and superior sex when compared to the female gender, which is speculated to be a less powerful and more sensitive sex. Le Guin uses gender to immensely contribute to this entire novel as she endeavors to display to readers that a world could indeed thrive when free from gender roles. In the science- fiction novel, The Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin brilliantly represents gender equality and a genderless society that exists on planet Gethen.

The War on Drugs was the United Sates government’s attempt to stop the sale and use of illegal drug use. It consisted of anti-drug legislation all with the plan to end drug abuse in America. President Nixon declared and coined the phrase “War on drugs” and increased drug control agencies and pushed for harder sentencing for drug offenses. The war on drugs is an issue that we are still fighting and many of the policies put in place did more harm than good. The drug war affected all people, but it had unequal outcomes for different racial groups and many of the historical pieces of legislation put in place impacted these outcomes and are still affecting many people of color today.

Social Inequality has existed since the start of humanity, to be more exact it “begun over, 7,000 years ago in the early Neolithic era”(1) and we have grown with it as a civilization. It all started at the stone age and has gradually grown and evolved over time where other factors such as skin, race, culture, religion, and sex all take part in social inequality. In the Americas there is a great deal social inequality among the entire country where we know a bit about. Racism is something that was created by humanity and started in Europe as a way to create a hierarchical view while keeping those in power in power. According to “Race and Racism” “Race is a social construction, and ideas we endow with meaning through daily interactions”(2) and by doing this we prefer one over the other. We use stereotypes to greatly influence racism where one or the other has an economic advantage over the other. The race that has benefited the most from this are the whites, who receive unearned privilege over other non-white races. White Privilege has a huge impact in the economy, in who gets the job, who goes to the top, who gets housing, a head start, and other benefits of essentially being white.